This dataset contains a sample of heterosexual married couples.
Rows: 201
Columns: 5
$ Names <chr> "John and Judy", "Carl and Kathryn", "Craig and Jackie", "Larr…
$ wAge <dbl> 43, 28, 30, 57, 52, 27, 52, NA, 43, 23, 25, 39, 32, NA, 35, 33…
$ hAge <dbl> 49, 25, 40, 52, 58, 32, 43, 42, 47, 31, 26, 40, 35, 45, 35, 35…
$ wHeight <dbl> 1590, 1560, 1620, 1540, 1420, 1660, 1610, 1635, 1580, 1610, 15…
$ hHeight <dbl> 1809, 1841, 1659, 1779, 1616, 1695, 1730, 1753, 1740, 1685, 17…
# A tibble: 6 × 5
Names wAge hAge wHeight hHeight
<chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
1 John and Judy 43 49 1590 1809
2 Carl and Kathryn 28 25 1560 1841
3 Craig and Jackie 30 40 1620 1659
4 Larry and Susan 57 52 1540 1779
5 Scott and Susan 52 58 1420 1616
6 John and Margaret 27 32 1660 1695
Source: https://dasl.datadescription.com/datafile/couples/
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